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Discuss & Vote

LANnouncer functions?

Dave Blackwell 6 years ago in Things & Capabilities updated by Terry (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 6 years ago 1

I installed a couple "LANnoucer Alerter" devices.  I expected to be able to create ActionTiles for STROBE, SIREN, SPEAK, TAKE picture, and TONE.


All I can see for these devices in the builder is IMAGE CAPTURE.  (...and that seems to work, but I don't know where those images get stored.)


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Thanks for any advice 

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Waiting for Customer

Nyce Hinge Door sensor & Contact sensor not working...

Does A.T. not support the Nyce Hinge Door Sensor? It’s not showing up in the things list in the connect app. Lint to sensor: https://www.lowes.com/pd/Nyce-Indoor-Door-and-Window-Sensor-Works-with-Iris/999912575 .

P.S. You all of have done a great job with A.T. and so far im loving it.

Thanks,

Robert

Answer

NYCE sensor is now recognized by ActionTiles.

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Discuss & Vote

Custom Device Attributes support (and a sample WebCoRE workaround)

Jeff Terrace 6 years ago in Things & Capabilities updated by Terry (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 6 years ago 2

Some devices have additional attributes above the standard capabilities. For example, this Airscape fan that I use has three temperature sensors:

 

But only one of them is available via the "Temperature Sensor" capability under attribute name "temperature". The other two are under different attribute names. I think this is somewhat of a flaw of the SmartThings device model, where SmartThings would consider it as three separate devices. It really isn't though - it's one device with three sensors.


WebCore has support for the additional attributes. I wonder if ActionTiles would consider adding support, where you could map an additional attribute name to one of the support capability types.

Answer
Jeff Terrace 6 years ago

Thanks for the workaround. For anyone else wondering, the rough steps are:


  • Create a new device in the SmartThings web UI with device type "Simulated Temperature Sensor"
  • Create a new Piston with:
  • Import the new virtual device into Action Tiles. Works nicely!
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Answered

Airscape Device Not Updating

I have an Airscape whole house fan and I use this device handler to control it:

https://github.com/tgsoverly/smart-things/blob/master/devicetypes/tgsoverly/air-scape-whf.src/air-scape-whf.groovy


I've added it as both a temperature sensor (attic temp) and fan controller. For some reason, the fan status and temperature never update in ActionTiles. In fact, they don't seem to update in SmartThings either, unless I manually go into the device and click the Refresh button.


I noticed the device has the Refresh capability. Is it supposed to have the Polling capability as well? Or any idea what might be causing it not to update?

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Confirmed Bug

No light color setting drawer as of v6.7.6+001 release; Hue and others.

Terry (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 6 years ago in Things & Capabilities updated by Metalheadtec 6 years ago 2

We believe there may be a bug such that the color setting options drawer does not appear for some or all types of color bulbs, as of Release v6.7.6+001 (deployed Feb 28, 2018).


We are investigating. Please Follow this Topic for updates.

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Add Capability "Alarm" (Fortrezz Siren Strobe and others)

Sandy 6 years ago in Things & Capabilities 0

Hello!


I have a Fortress Siren Strobe Alarm device that is linked to ST,But i am not getting all the options in AT.


Capability "Alarm" to both show the active or inactive state of strobing and/or alarming, as well as the ability to activate and/or test would be great, please.


https://smartthings.developer.samsung.com/develop/api-ref/capabilities.html#Alarm

attributes:
  alarm:
    schema: AlertState
    type: ENUM
    values:
    - both
    - 'off'
    - siren
    - strobe
commands:
  both:
    arguments: [
      ]
  'off':
    arguments: [
      ]
  siren:
    arguments: [
      ]
  strobe:
    arguments: [
      ]

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Thanks,

Sandy

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Lack of sync between speaker volume in the smartthings app and the speaker volume in the smart tile

Juval 6 years ago in Things & Capabilities updated 6 years ago 2

Recently I have purchased a Samsung R1 Speaker and added it to my Smartthings environment and immediately after added it to my smart tiles app.


While I can easily change the speaker volume using the smartthings app, it doesn't look like changing the volume in the smart tile is making any impact on the speaker.

I do able to stop / play the music via the smart tile, the problem is only related to managing the volume via the smart tile (your application).


In addition, while adding this speaker to the smart tile, I have got another tile "Samsung R1 - Switch" (couldn't find any related switch in my smartthings app) - It doesn't look like this switch is affecting the speaker in any way - 


Am I missing something ?

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Fix in Progress

Color value is incorrectly sent as "#decimal" so may fail on some color control Things

When a Color is selected in ActionTiles, we execute setColor( [ hue, sat, hexString ] ):

  • Our "hexString" is currently formatted with incorrect syntax, and it is deprecated anyway. We send decimal values in the string instead of hex: i.e., we send "#2550255" instead of "#FF00FF" for example.

Workaround

  • Color control should function correct if the Device Type Handler accepts setColor( hue, sat ) and discards the redundant unnecessary Attribute "color".
  • If you are using a non-WWST (Works With SmartThings) device, please contact the developer of the DH to ensure they discard a redundant "color" value and have Hue and Saturation take precedence.
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Discuss

SolarEdge tile, or taking global variable and making a tile

Hi there guys,


I'm using a device type to collect data on my solar edge solar array, it can be found here - https://github.com/strelitzia123/SmartThings/blob/master/devicetypes/Solaredge/solaredge.groovy


For some reason when authorising devices in my home, the device for solar edge is not showing, thus i can't show anything in action tiles of current solar production. How would i go about getting this data onto my action tiles?


I have some other global variables I've set in WebCoRE, so i can automate my house when production is low, or when electricity prices are high. Currently the two variables I have is $solarproductionkw and $wholesalespotprice ; i'd like to put these onto tiles displayed at all times and even try change the colour of them depending on value if at all possible.


Any help would be much appreciated.

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Fixed

Color control not working LIGHTIFY A19 RGBW / Flex RGBW

kerednai 6 years ago in Things & Capabilities updated by Alex (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 6 years ago 6

Hi,

I have added 3 OSRAM LIGHTIFY A19 RGBW bulbs which I get a light level adjustment slider for in Action Tiles, but not the color changer.

I have also added 1 OSRAM LIGHTIFY Flex RGBW which was working just 10 mins ago, but now appears to be in the same state. All I did between this working and not working was to review what was set in the SmartThings device info.

From the description this seems to similar to this fixed bug. Has this fix been rolled out yet?


Here is the info of  the devices..

OSRAM LIGHTIFY A19 RGBW:

Data:

  • model: LIGHTIFY A19 RGBW
  • application: 01
  • manufacturer: OSRAM
  • endpointId: 03

Current State:

OSRAM LIGHTIFY Flex RGBW

Data:

  • model: LIGHTIFY Flex RGBW
  • application: 01
  • manufacturer: OSRAM
  • endpointId: 03

Current State:



Thanks for your help.

Ian


Answer

Great! Well... I guess there's a pretty simple workaround until we fix this little bug. 🐛 


Thanks!

... Terry.

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Fixed

UV Rating?

mefree 7 years ago in Things & Capabilities updated by Alex (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 6 years ago 4

I have a Bloomsky unit in my backyard that is integrated into SmartThings. In the SmartThings app it will show me a UV rating of 1-10 and change color depending on UV severity. I want to have this show on action tiles, but I don't see a way to do this. This way my wife can easily tell if the kids need sunscreen on, etc. Right now all it shows is LUX, which is pretty irrelevant. (Temperature, humidity, etc, show up no problem, but it would be nice to be able to label what that tile is for. It's possible it already allows this, I just haven't had a chance to dedicate a lot of time to actiontiles yet...)

Answer

Hello,


We have not implemented the UV Tile yet because there was no demand for it, up until now. We will consider UV Tile implementation it in the upcoming cycles.

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Answered: Discussion Open

SmartWeather Station Tile - no data and no refresh?

andrew kranenborg 6 years ago in Things & Capabilities updated by Terry (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 6 years ago 3

After installing SmartWeather Station Tile into ActionTiles, it only shows:

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ActionTiles supposedly refreshes this Tile every 30 minutes.  However, when I go to IDE, click on that Device, then "List Events", there are never any events listed unless I click on that device in ST App and click on the Refresh icon.  Uninstalling and reinstalling that device makes no difference.

I have Weather Station 2.0 installed from GitHub, and when I click on "List Events" for that device, I see it polling for updates every 15 minutes, even when I'm not logged into ActionTiles.  So it always seems to display the current status in ActionTiles, while SmartWeather Station never does (unless I manually refresh).

Is that a known issue?

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Fix in BETA

Tile for Sound Pressure Capability

Joel Waxman 6 years ago in Things & Capabilities updated by Terry (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 6 years ago 20

SmartThings recognizes sound pressure (loudness, SPL) devices, such as the Netatmo Weather. It has an indoor sound level meter. I would like a Tile for that.

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Discuss & Vote

Netatmo Rain

I'm just setting up and have added my Netatmo system including rain gauge to Smartthings.

All measurements I get correct from the base station and outdoor module in the SmartThings App and AT.


From the rain sensor, not so much.  I get a battery reading, but nothing on rain.

The app displays all correct, Battery, Rain, sumHours, SumDay, units and last update., 

Answer

Hi John,


ActionTiles is only compatible with official SmartThings "Capability APIs" which are published in the Developer Docs. (We're not compatible with all of them yet, but we add more of them from time to time...).



Netatmo is not a certified "Works With SmartThings"™ Device. It is making up it's own ad hoc custom Attributes.


There is no Capability "Rain", "sumHours", "sumDay", etc...


We know that a lot of devices use Custom Attributes and Commands; but ActionTiles doesn't have a way of handling these. We're keeping watch on the issue, though.


Thanks,

...Terry.

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Implemented

Temperature Tile should show decimals

johnny2678 7 years ago in Things & Capabilities updated by Alex (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 6 years ago 13

This tile used to show the decimal value reported in smarthings (78.1 currently).  Now it is rounded to a whole number.  How can I get the decimals back?


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Answered

Virtual Light created by "Trendsetter" smartapp not reflected completely in ActionTiles

Anurag 6 years ago in Things & Capabilities updated by Terry (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 6 years ago 1

I added a virtual light created using "Trendsetter" smartapp (by grouping a set of physical lights). The virtual light has colors & is dimmable. The Tile created in AT just shows the ON/OFF and the DIM functionality and not the color control.

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Fixed

Color control not working (hue/sat vs color Attributes) SYLVANIA Osram A19 RGBW, Halo+ and others

Kory Breudigam 7 years ago in Things & Capabilities updated by Alex (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 6 years ago 37 4 duplicates
Hello,
I am currently setting up my Action Tiles and noticed something odd. I have a few RGBW LED controllers (H801) that I have added a switch tile for. When I click the "menu" icon ( 3 dots) of the tile I can change the color, works great! Now I also have a few RGBW Osram bulbs on the sale tile-set how ever I only have the light level adjustment slider when I click the menu, no color control. In my smartthings app I have full control of the color just like the LED driver. Any ideas?

Thank You!

Kory



EDIT (Terry):

2017-6-03: We confirmed that this occurs on some other devices, such as the Halo+ smoke & CO detector: i.e., It sets attribute values for Hue and Saturation, but not Color, and so is missing Color selection dialog on its light Switch Tile.


 

Answer

Oh! I was searching for "Osram" which isn't included in the text anywhere. 😞 ... Seriously... only the photograph says "Osram"; it is not mentioned anywhere in the text of that page! Ack?!


Thank-you for double-checking!


So the long & short story is...

  • SmartThings changed their published specifications on October 7, 2016. They didn't consult with the DTH or SmartApp developers to come to consensus.
  • According to the updated specs, the string or map (who knows these days!) attribute "color" is no longer defined as providing an RGB value in hex.
  • Instead, it is supposed to redundantly provide "hue" and "saturation" values in a map.
  • IMHO this is not a valid change. The Philips Hue still sends "#RRGGBB" as a single hex string, as do many other bulbs (your "clipboard.png") for example.

Regardless...

  • If we believe this new specification (and your example bulb helps support this...), then ActionTiles should consider "hue" and "saturation" to be sufficient to represent "supportable" Color Control Device.
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Discuss

Harmony Remote: How to turn OFF activities?

merrick777 6 years ago in Things & Capabilities / Non-"Works With SmartThings" devices updated 6 years ago 2

Posting this here in case there've been new developments since the last round of discussion on this topic about 9 months ago... Let me know if there's a more appropriate place to post ask....


So I want ActionTiles to have the ability to Turn OFF Harmony remote activities. No further abilities needed. Since it cannot connect to AT directly, I created a virtual switch in IDE. Then I created 3 routines in ST:

1) Turn ON the virtswitch, when any of activities a, b, or c, etc. go on.

2) Turn OFF the virtswitch, when any of activities a, b, or c, etc. go off.

3) Turn OFF any of activities a, b, or c, etc., when the virtswitch is turned off.

(Routines 1 & 2 are designed to keep the virtual switch in sync with whether or not any activities are running. Routine 3 allows me to put an AT button into tileset which will actively turn off harmony activities.

The problem: When I use the regular remote control (or Alexa) to turn ON an activity, that activity should go ON in the ST app -> Which would then trigger the routines -> which syncs the virtswitch to actual device status.... But I cannnot figure out why the activities in ST app are NOT going on as they should. The physical devices (tv, fios box, etc) are going on as they should, but the status isn't getting reflected in ST.  If I go into ST App -> In the harmony activity's options, when I hit the 'manual refresh' button, it DOES update to correct status (on) in ST (and therefore the routine runs and the ActionTile updates.  Any ideas why I would need to manually refresh?? Is there another way others have accomplished what I am trying to do??


(Note: I wanted to do this is webcore instead of ST, but I couldn't figure out how to write the piston with the options I was shown).

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Not Our Issue / Scope

Dimmable light but no dimmer control?

Duncan 6 years ago in Things & Capabilities updated by Terry (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 6 years ago 5

I have 3x Phillips Hue lights which are both RGBW controllable and dimmable.  We established in another thread that an enhancement is required for ActionTiles to put the RGB controls on it, but that is not my question for today (although I am waiting and hoping for that feature.... :) )


Recently we had a power outage, and afterwards one of the 3 lights did not reconnect to the smartthings hub. I ended up deleting and re-creating it and it is now working fine through Smartthings.


However, in ActionTiles it only appears with an on/off, and no 3 dots to allow dimming.  Both of the other 2 lights (same model, but which did not have to be deleted and recreated) have the 3 dots, and did this light before it was deleted and re-added.


Any suggestion on how to get it recognised as a dimable light again?

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Answered: Discussion Open

Nest Outdoor Camera

M2 7 years ago in Things & Capabilities / Non-"Works With SmartThings" devices updated by WB70 7 years ago 10

Just picked up two of these.  Does anyone have it them working wth ST or Actiontiles? 

Answer
Ledfordhouse 7 years ago

OK... After many days of screwing around with this I was able to get my Outdoor Nest Cam integrated into Actiontiles (NOT AS A VIDEO STREAM) But as an public image url that I am updating every 2 seconds. Since this is my outdoor camera public sharing is not a problem but obviously is not ideal for the rest of my cameras or if I wanted to pretend like I have any privacy.

 

Here is a screenshot of my integration into my main panel:


Here are the steps taken to get this functioning (using google chrome browser):

1. Login to home.nest.com - select camera - go to settings - sharing - and enable public sharing (NOT SECURE AT ALL)

2. Get Camera URL and navigate directly to that page in another tab (ie. https://video.nest.com/live/*********l0F)

3. Right click anywhere on the public camera page and choose "View Page Source"

4. Locate entry that says <meta name="twitter:imagecontent="https://nexusapi.dropcam.com/get_image?uuid=6d37e87929db420fa***********fe970cf&width=560"> and copy the text

5. Go to ActionTiles - My Media - Add - and choose still image - paste url from above

6. Set Refresh Rate every 2 Seconds



HOLY CRAP - you can at least see your Outdoor Nest Camera in ActionTiles now